Monthly Archives: October 2014

The recent survey of Australian farmers show that 20% of them plan to invest in new technologies for the farm. The story does not break down which technologies, but UAVs are legal to fly there with a license, so I … Continue reading →

ABC Rural had a recent story about planting more humas in the soil to increase cloud seeding to try to increase rainfall. The conclusion of the story is correct, most of the organic spores will be blown downwind and not … Continue reading →

The southwestern Indian city of Malapparam will roll out their GIS System in Jan 2015. From the article it is the start of the system with the beginning phase to map key infrastructure. It is not clear how much remote … Continue reading →

Hexagon Geospatial recently went to a bundling format for their main software options. They call it their Power Portfolio Suites. This is one option of software solutions to work towards applications mentioned on this blog. The suite focuses on analyzing, … Continue reading →

Another interesting story out of ABC Rural about break crops like vetch and chick peas put nitrogen back into the soil naturally to get a more fertile soil in future growing seasons. GIS/Geomatics and Meteorology can be applied to study … Continue reading →

We know technology is expanding each day. Another interesting story from Australia starts off with a discussion about bringing broadband to the farm (and by extension other rural areas). It is pretty well known through marketing about precision agriculture, but … Continue reading →

ABC Rural in Australia has a good article on the future of the Water Commission and how going forward more studies and surveying will be needed. Future and current dams and water control structures will need to be assessed. This … Continue reading →